Recycled Magazine Roses

We made these fun roses this week.

Materials:

Colorful magazine page torn in half

glue

straw

glitter

tape

Tear the magazine page in half lengthwise. Tearing paper is a great hand strengthening exercise. Holding the paper with both hands encourages bilateral coordination and whole arm movements, and a tripod grasp to pinch the paper while tearing.

Glue along one edge of the paper.

Roll up into a rose-ish shape.

Pinch and twist the base of the flower into a point and push it into the straw. Pushing the flower into the straw encourages a tripod grasp and use of the non-dominant hand to hold the straw in a coordinated manner.﻿

We taped around the straw to keep the flower in place, and put into a glass of water. Fun and pretty!